These past few weeks must of have been especially bitter-sweet for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. No doubt the head of the National Hockey League was feeling relieved and excited that his third lockout in less than two decades came to an end recently, but how could it have been easy seeing the utter freak-show that is the NFL, and not wonder, ... Read More »
It is no secret that football has firmly supplanted baseball as America’s game. The NFL is the most popular and profitable sport; and while the Super Bowl is basically an unofficial holiday, baseball’s fall classic has become more and more unpopular, with the seven lowest-rated World Series all coming in the last seven years, according to USA Today. That being ... Read More »
In almost every way, this past Thanksgiving was exactly like the last, and for that matter, pretty much every other Thanksgiving I’ve been a part of. Every year, I eat the same food, with the same people, at the same place, at about the same time. Dinner will usually commence around 3 p.m. and end a couple hours later. At ... Read More »
There is no denying that there exists an emotional aspect to sport. Players play with it, and fans very rarely follow without it. The truth is, we’ve all been guilty of a little ‘meatball-ness’ at some point. Maybe we referred to the team as ‘we,’ or got into it with the fan of an opposing team. A special breed of ... Read More »
We are now into November, and football season is in high gear. Both the college and pro game have been a delight to follow, producing enough intriguing story-lines and exciting match-ups week after week, and making weekend homework oh-so-much harder to finish. Though I admit, football will reign king on my priority list during most autumn weekends, there is something ... Read More »
It would make sense as a Chicago Cubs fan that during my first two years at a small school, right outside the city of St. Louis, the hometown Cardinals would win a World Series one year and be on the cusp of reaching another the next. As hard as it might be at times to sit idly in support of ... Read More »
Last week in Kansas City, Detroit Tiger Miguel Cabrera officially became the first major league player to win the Triple Crown in 45 years. Not since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox in 1967 had a hitter led his league in home runs, batting average, and runs-batted-in (RBI), all in the same season. Cabrera ended that streak Oct. 3, ... Read More »
To be honest, Maryville was not my first college choice… being perfectly honest, it was probably more like my third or fourth. However, once my parents laid out the schools they were willing to pay for, and it was time for me to make a decision. I thought of the reputation Maryville has for providing ample internship and volunteer opportunities. ... Read More »
At 11 p.m. central time Sept. 15, the National Hockey League’s (NHL) deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) passed, and the players are now officially locked out. Only seven years since a labor dispute wiped out the entire 2004-05 season, this will now be the NHL’s fourth work-stoppage since 1992, and the third under commissioner Gary Bettman. It ... Read More »
The atmosphere around Wrigleyville was electric Friday, Sept. 7, and, as you can imagine, the Cubs had nothing to do with it. In fact, it was probably best that the they were about 500 miles away and nowhere in sight. Rather than a baseball diamond full of fielding errors and base-running mistakes, a sold-out crowd graced the Friendly Confines for ... Read More »
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